Open AccessTime to plan for Plan S
Author(s) -
Watson Roger,
Hayter Mark
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.263
Subject(s) - publication , enthusiasm , plan (archaeology) , face (sociological concept) , work (physics) , public relations , publishing , political science , spare part , business , public administration , sociology , engineering , marketing , law , archaeology , mechanical engineering , psychology , social psychology , social science , history
Heard of “Plan S”? You will. Plan S arose from the work of an in‐ ternational group called Coalition S. Their aim is to have all pub‐ lished research available open access immediately on publication. The coalition has some powerful membership organizations, mainly across Europe but in some other countries too. Coverage is not yet universal, and some key organizations have not signed up. However, the coalition has one powerful financial backer in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and, given the widespread—and sometimes mis‐ placed—enthusiasm for open access, this is likely to gather momen‐ tum. On the face of it “Plan S” seems entirely laudable and altruistic, however, it raises a number of issues for both researchers and publishers.